Nickelodeon Sues German State
For Favoring Local Kid's Channel

Updated May 31, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

BONN -- Nickelodeon, a children's television channel owned by Viacom Inc. of the U.S., filed a legal suit against German media authorities for discrimination in favor of a planned public children's channel.

Nickelodeon, which began to broadcast in Germany last July, is taking to court the state media authority in Bremen, one of three federal states that so far doesn't air the channel. As a reason for rejecting Nickelodeon, the state...